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Research identifies new biomarkers for future dementia risk

Sudha Seshadri, M.D., founding director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, is co-leader and senior author on research announced March 6 that identifies novel biomarkers of risk for future dementia.

6 Mar 2018

Duke scientists pinpoint new therapeutic target for macular degeneration

Duke Researchers have pinpointed a new therapeutic target for macular degeneration, an eye disease that affects over 10 million Americans and is the leading cause of blindness in adults over 60.

6 Mar 2018

Preventing metabolic exhaustion in immune cells could enhance effects of immunotherapy

If you're an immune cell gearing up to fight cancer, you'd better eat your breakfast. The tumor microenvironment is a harsh place, and tumor cells are ready to wear you out.

6 Mar 2018

Physicians create long-awaited baseline measure of pelvic organ prolapse progression

By measuring the sagging of the vaginal walls in more than a thousand volunteers for up to nine years annually, a team of Baltimore physicians reports the creation of a long-awaited baseline measure of the rate of progression of so-called pelvic organ prolapse.

6 Mar 2018

People with MDD feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences

People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than people without the disorder, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. The study reports that people with MDD were able to control the negative emotions about as well as people unaffected by MDD, but used somewhat different brain circuits to do so.

6 Mar 2018

Research finds correlation between perioperative air travel and high risk of venous thromboembolism

New research presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found a correlation between flying following hip or knee arthroplasty and an increased risk of venous thromboembolism.

6 Mar 2018

$Men experience most cervical fractures due to cycling, study shows$

Men experience most cervical fractures due to cycling, study shows

Sporting-related cervical fractures increased by 35 percent from 2000 to 2015, mainly due to an increase in cycling-related injuries, according to research presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

6 Mar 2018

$Study shows link between low vitamin D levels and severity of forearm fractures in children$

Study shows link between low vitamin D levels and severity of forearm fractures in children

Children who are vitamin D deficient have a greater risk of having more severe forearm fractures requiring surgical treatment, according to a new study presented today at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

6 Mar 2018

Gene-editing technology enhances T cell immunotherapies for treating cancer

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first cellular immunotherapies to treat cancer. These therapies involve collecting a patient's own immune cells -- called T cells -- and supercharging them to home in on and attack specific blood cancers, such as hard-to-treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

6 Mar 2018

People 85 and older with high cholesterol have reduced risk for cognitive decline, study reports

People aged 85 and older whose total cholesterol had increased from their levels at midlife had a reduced risk for marked cognitive decline, compared with those a decade younger whose cholesterol was similarly elevated, Mount Sinai researchers report in a new study.

6 Mar 2018

Study findings establish basis for epigenetic link between aging and Alzheimer's disease

Although certain genetic variants increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), age is the strongest known risk factor. But the way in which molecular processes of aging predispose people to AD, or become impaired in AD remains a mystery.

6 Mar 2018

Researchers aim to to better predict future chronic opioid therapy in hospital patients

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus are working to develop statistical models to better predict which patients will be prescribed opioid medications long-term following discharge from a hospital stay.

6 Mar 2018

Distorted memories play role in preserving knowledge for dementia patients, researchers say

Some memories containing inaccurate information can be beneficial to dementia sufferers because it enables them to retain key information researchers say.

6 Mar 2018

Study suggests bright lights inhibit the production of melatonin in preschoolers

A new study has found that exposure to bright light before bed time inhibits the production of sleep-promoting hormone, melatonin, in preschoolers.

6 Mar 2018

Treatments targeted to enhance brain neurotrophic factor signaling may improve memory functions

Treatments targeted to enhance brain neurotrophic factor signaling could improve memory functions in Alzheimer's disease even though they don't alter brain amyloid burden, according to recent research from the University of Eastern Finland.

6 Mar 2018

Neurocognitive deficits worsen outcomes for joint replacement surgery, finds study

Patients with undiagnosed neurocognitive deficits are more likely to undergo joint replacement surgeries and suffer worse outcomes, finds study.

6 Mar 2018

Strict eating schedule can help clear away protein responsible for Huntington disease in mice

New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that following a strict eating schedule can help clear away the protein responsible for Huntington disease in mice.

6 Mar 2018

Levels of inflammatory biomarkers could predict effectiveness of ECT for people with depression

People with major depression that has not been well controlled by medications and who have a biomarker in their blood indicating a higher level of inflammation may benefit more than people with less inflammation from electroconvulsive therapy to ease symptoms of their depression, according to a new UCLA study.

6 Mar 2018

$Analytic software identifies mortality risk after surgery in older patients with orthopedic fractures$

Analytic software identifies mortality risk after surgery in older patients with orthopedic fractures

Analytic software developed by orthopedic trauma surgeons at NYU Langone Health accurately identifies which middle-aged and elderly patients face a greater mortality risk following surgery for an orthopedic fracture, according to a new study.

6 Mar 2018

Novel tool helps identify risk for implant dislocation after hip replacement

A novel risk assessment tool helps identify which patients undergoing total hip replacement may be at higher risk for an implant dislocation after surgery, according to a new study from researchers at NYU Langone Health and described in the Best Poster in the Adult Reconstruction Hip at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2018 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

6 Mar 2018

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Research identifies new biomarkers for future dementia risk

Duke scientists pinpoint new therapeutic target for macular degeneration

Preventing metabolic exhaustion in immune cells could enhance effects of immunotherapy

Physicians create long-awaited baseline measure of pelvic organ prolapse progression

People with MDD feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences

Research finds correlation between perioperative air travel and high risk of venous thromboembolism

Men experience most cervical fractures due to cycling, study shows

Study shows link between low vitamin D levels and severity of forearm fractures in children

Gene-editing technology enhances T cell immunotherapies for treating cancer

People 85 and older with high cholesterol have reduced risk for cognitive decline, study reports

Study findings establish basis for epigenetic link between aging and Alzheimer's disease

Researchers aim to to better predict future chronic opioid therapy in hospital patients

Distorted memories play role in preserving knowledge for dementia patients, researchers say

Study suggests bright lights inhibit the production of melatonin in preschoolers

Treatments targeted to enhance brain neurotrophic factor signaling may improve memory functions

Neurocognitive deficits worsen outcomes for joint replacement surgery, finds study

Strict eating schedule can help clear away protein responsible for Huntington disease in mice

Levels of inflammatory biomarkers could predict effectiveness of ECT for people with depression

Analytic software identifies mortality risk after surgery in older patients with orthopedic fractures

Novel tool helps identify risk for implant dislocation after hip replacement

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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